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(HARRISBURG) Today, Exelon Generation announced the Closure
of Three Mile Island on September 30, 2019.
On behalf of the more than 700,000 union members in Pennsylvania, the officers of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, President Rick
Bloomingdale and Secretary-Treasurer Frank Snyder have issued the following
joint statement:
“We are deeply disappointed by Exelon Generation’s decision
to close Three Mile Island and eliminate hundreds of jobs in central
Pennsylvania. We hope that state
legislators take this decision to heart. Read More

The push for so-called pension reform has been a red herring for conservative lawmakers for years. By deliberately sabotaging the system through under-funding, and then misrepresenting to the public the dire state of the resulting unfunded liabilities, the right wing has been able to convince many people that the problem is with pensions. Read More

The voters in Pennsylvania have been crystal clear. They want our constitutionally-guaranteed public education funding restored. They want their State government to stop caving to the special interests and start taxing Marcellus Shale just like EVERY OTHER natural gas producing state does. Read More